Philippe Venault
French director and screenwriter
Died on Sunday April 4th 2021
Famous Dead Writers: Recent Writer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Arthur Kopit
American playwright (Indians
Died on Saturday April 3rd 2021
Guram Dochanashvili
Georgian writer (The First Garment)
Died on Saturday April 3rd 2021
Catherine Macleod
Scottish-born Canadian writer
Died on Saturday April 3rd 2021
Hugo Portisch
Austrian journalist and writer
Died on Thursday April 1st 2021
Joel Steiger
American television producer and writer (Remington Steele
Died on Wednesday March 31st 2021
Freddy De Schutter
Belgian writer and historian
Died on Wednesday March 31st 2021
Patrick O. O’Meara
South African-born American educator and author
Died on Tuesday March 30th 2021
Contardo Calligaris
Brazilian psychoanalyst and writer
Died on Tuesday March 30th 2021
Mona Haskel
Swedish scriptwriter
Died on Monday March 29th 2021
Gabriel Milési
French writer and journalist
Died on Saturday March 27th 2021
Michel Alberganti
French radio producer and writer
Died on Saturday March 27th 2021
Beverly Cleary
American children's writer
Died on Friday March 26th 2021
Larry McMurtry
American novelist and screenwriter (Lonesome Dove
Died on Friday March 26th 2021
Haseena Moin
Pakistani screenwriter (Tanhaiyaan
Died on Friday March 26th 2021
Anil Dharker
Indian journalist and writer
Died on Friday March 26th 2021
Liisa Enwald
Finnish writer and translator
Died on Thursday March 25th 2021
Paul Foster
American playwright and founding member of the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
Died on Wednesday March 24th 2021
Uldis Bērziņš
Latvian poet and translator
Died on Wednesday March 24th 2021
Melissa Kremer
Dutch leukemia patient and writer
Died on Tuesday March 23rd 2021
Budge Wilson
Canadian writer (Before Green Gables
Died on Tuesday March 23rd 2021
Irena Vrkljan
Croatian writer and translator
Died on Tuesday March 23rd 2021
Sante Notarnicola
Italian communist militant and poet
Died on Monday March 22nd 2021
Xudoyberdi To’xtaboyev
Uzbek writer of children's stories
Died on Monday March 22nd 2021
Nguyễn Huy Thiệp
Vietnamese writer
Died on Sunday March 21st 2021
Joan Walsh Anglund
American children's book author
Died on Thursday March 18th 2021
David Edwin Harrell
American historian and biographer
Died on Monday March 15th 2021
S. P. Jananathan
Indian film director and screenwriter (Iyarkai
Died on Sunday March 14th 2021
Peter Patzak
Austrian film director and screenwriter
Died on Friday March 12th 2021
Katja Behrens
German author and translator
Died on Wednesday March 10th 2021
Steven Spurrier
British wine merchant and writer
Died on Tuesday March 9th 2021
Norton Juster
American author (The Phantom Tollbooth
Died on Tuesday March 9th 2021
Pier Francesco Listri
Italian journalist and essayist
Died on Tuesday March 9th 2021
Frank Thorne
American comic book writer (Red Sonja)
Died on Monday March 8th 2021
Suna Tanaltay
Turkish poet and psychologist
Died on Saturday March 6th 2021
Valentin Kurbatov
Russian literary critic and writer
Died on Saturday March 6th 2021
Enrique González Rojo Jr.
Mexican writer and philosopher
Died on Friday March 5th 2021
Elena Țau
Moldovan literary critic and historian
Died on Friday March 5th 2021
Bill C. Davis
American playwright (Mass Appeal)
Died on Wednesday March 3rd 2021
Chieko Seki
Japanese writer and newspaper reporter
Died on Sunday February 28th 2021
Manfred Gerstenfeld
Austrian-born Israeli author and economist
Died on Saturday February 27th 2021
Jean-François Leroux-Dhuys
French writer and historian
Died on Thursday February 25th 2021
Arkady Davidowitz
Russian writer and aphorist
Died on Thursday February 25th 2021
Margret Czerni
Austrian writer and journalist
Died on Thursday February 25th 2021
Philippe Jaccottet
Swiss poet and translator
Died on Thursday February 25th 2021
Margret Czerni-Sattlberger
Austrian writer and journalist
Died on Thursday February 25th 2021
Masashige Narusawa
Japanese film director and screenwriter (The Woman in the Rumor
Died on Thursday February 25th 2021
Jack Whyte
Scottish-Canadian novelist (The Skystone
Died on Wednesday February 24th 2021
Paolo Castaldi
Italian composer and essayist
Died on Tuesday February 23rd 2021
Paolo Compositore
Italian composer and essayist
Died on Tuesday February 23rd 2021
Syed Abul Maksud
Bangladeshi journalist (Prothom Alo) and writer
Died on Tuesday February 23rd 2021
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
American poet (A Coney Island of the Mind)
Died on Tuesday February 23rd 2021
Douglas Turner Ward
American playwright and actor (The River Niger)
Died on Tuesday February 23rd 2021
Jean-Charles Perazzi
French writer and journalist
Died on Monday February 22nd 2021
Catherine Belsey
British literary scholar and cultural critic
Died on Monday February 22nd 2021